The plugins read-only property of the Document interface returns an HTMLCollection object containing one or more HTMLEmbedElements representing the <embed> elements in the current document.
For a list of installed plugins, use NavigatorPlugins.plugins instead.
Syntax
embedArrayObj = document.plugins
Value
An HTMLCollection, or null if there are no embeds in the document.
Specifications
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| HTML Living Standard The definition of 'Document.plugins' in that specification. |
Living Standard |
Browser compatibility
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| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
plugins | Chrome
Full support
45
| Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support Yes | IE ? | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android
Full support
45
| Chrome Android
Full support
45
| Firefox Android Full support Yes | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android ? |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown
- See implementation notes.
- See implementation notes.